WARNING: Before you see the suggested answer/s, do think about them yourself first as an exercise!

1. Use SPECIFIC / PRECISE and FLEXIBLE (non repetitive) Vocabulary 

   Eg.

   Too common: Children / Young people

   Better: Youngsters /. The youth / youths / teenagers / offspring / adolescents

   (TIPS: Do not just reuse words from the question)

   Eg.

   Too common: Some / Many / Most people

   Better: Quite a few community members

   Better: The majority of the populace

2. Use correct SPELLING 

   Eg.

   Wrong: Goverments prefered to belive that the occurences are rare.

   Right: Governments preferred to believe that the occurrences are rare.

   (TIPS: breaking down words into syllables and/or use the right syllable stress can help)

3. Use good COLLOCATIONS and PHRASAL VERBS 

   Eg.

   Wrong: take a decision; take the book to school; throw away rubbish; discuss about

   Better: make a decision; bring the book…; dispose of…, talk about / discuss

   (TIPS: Use natural English expressions, not translation from your native language)

4. Use correct WORD FORM in the Word Family  

   Eg. Conclude

   Let us … the discussion. (Verb)

   The … of the discussion has not been finalised yet. (Noun)

   Our team’s victory is quite …. (Adjective)

   We can safely say …. that the evidence is unfounded. (Adverb)

   (TIPS: Forms depend on structure patterns and then on suffixes used where appropriate)

    

   (V: conclude. N: conclusion. Adj: conclusive. Adv: conclusively)

A higher vocabulary score will be crucial to help you achieve your target band in Writing!

GOOD LUCK!

26 October 2017

Telaga

How do you enhance organisation of your sentences and paragraphs to achieve a high score in this criteria, which in turn will raise your Writing band? Simply use a combination of the connecting devices below:

1. Linking Words Eg:  However, Furthermore, Therefore
2. ConjunctionsEg:  but, and, so
3. Connectors for complex sentencesEg:  which, that, if / unless, because // due to^, although // despite^, ^ followed by a noun (phrase)
4. V-ingEg:  including…
5. Prepositional phraseEg: For these reasons, In such cases, In fact
6. AdverbsEg: Obviously, (Un)fortunately, Initially // Eventually,
7. DeterminersEg: This // these, That // those , (An) ofher/s, such, the former // the latter
8. PronounsEg: They // them // their,  We // us // our

Remember to use proper punctuations and look up 1-2 more synonyms in the thesaurus.

Your essay will surely have a better flow and connectivity now – and a higher score!

 

26 October 2017

Telaga